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Airline Tycoon - evolution Contents

Welcome to Airline Tycoon...

l' Installation

Installation of DirectX

2 'The Characters

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Moving Around the Game

Keyboard

3 'The First Came

Selecting Your Home Airport

Selecting the First Mission

Selecting a Player

The First Day

Your Office, the Most Important Control Centre of All

The First Mission

Planning Your First Orders

Observing Departing Flights

Eight more orders...

What Next?

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4 'Routes

Expanding the Route Network

Route Administration

Information About Routes

Ticket Prices

Dropping Routes

Passengers and Routes

5 'Orders

Order Data (Information)

Planning Orders

It 'Transporting Carcjo

7 - Filofax / Notebook

The Flight Planner

Setting up Flight Orders, Cargo Orders and Routes
Notebook vs. Filofax

S' branches

Renting New Branches

7-S taff ?/

Advisors 5i

Pilots and Flight Personnel 55

10 'Aeroplanes 35

Plane Management 55

Servicing Planes 55

Equipping Planes 56>

ll 'The Airport 4o

Airport Expansion / Office / Personnel Office / Telescope 4o

Plane Dealer / Duty-Free Shop / Bank 4/

Petrol Air Counter 42

Workshop 45

AirTravel and Last Minute Counters / Museum 44

NASA Shop / Rick's Cafe / Newspaper Stand / Advertising Agency 45
Safe&Secure ltd. / Design Office 46>

Thoughts are Free 42

IZ' Aircraft Constructor So

Guide to functions So

Internet functions 55

12 'Status &ar 54

Items 54

l? 'Statistics 55

l4 'Playing on a Network 57

Starting a Network Game (Game Master) 57

Taking Part in a Network Game (Player) 52

Loading and Saving Network Games 57

Chat Mode / Possibilities for Sabotage in a Network Game 57

15' Options (si

l(s - Troubleshooting (s4

ll' Credits (s2>

>endix £r Notes

Plane Specifications

Welcome to Airline Tycoon Evolution

Congratulations on purchasing Airline Tycoon Evolution. We
hope you will have many hours of fun with it on your computer.

Airline Tycoon is an economic simulation that you should not take
too seriously and that does not claim to be realistic. Our aim was
to create a simulation that, most of all, is great fun and that you do
not need to rack your brain over too much.

This may sound like an easy job; however, if you think Airline Tycoon
is a walkover, you are wrong! You need to keep a close eye on all
details, choose orders carefully, plan routes correctly, employ staff,
keep an eye on your shares, set up branches and lots more. And on
top of all that you have to make a profit, if not be the best.

Airline Tycoon is unique in many details. The game runs in real-time
and, at the same time, it is organised in rounds. In the real-time
part you have to be ready at 9 o'clock in the morning and you then
have to manage your airline (hopefully successfully) until 6 o'clock
in the evening. You finish work at 6 o'clock and can lean back in a
comfortable armchair in front of the TV, and hope you did every-
thing right so that you still own an airline the next morning. Of
course, you can work as much as you want, since you are your own
boss. Watch out, though - the competition is not sleeping but
always snapping at your heels...

Chapter i Installation

Insert the Airline Tycoon CD into your CD-ROM drive. The installa-
tion will start automatically, if the auto-run facility for Windows®
is enabled, otherwise you will have to run the file setup.exe on the
Airline Tycoon CD manually.

Once Airline Tycoon is installed, you can run the game using the
"Start" button, otherwise click on the "Install" button and follow the
instructions on screen.

If you have created a program group during installation, then you
can run Airline Tycoon either by clicking on the shortcut on your
Windows desktop, or by selecting it from the Start menu: Airline
Tycoon. If you have not created a program group, then you can
start Airline Tycoon by running the file at.exe in the installation fol-
der (either on your hard disk or on the CD-ROM, depending on the
type of installation).

Installation of PirectX

DirectX is a runtime environment developed by Microsoft for
Windows games. Airline Tycoon cannot be played without DirectX
6.1 (or higher).

During the installation the program checks whether you need to
update or install DirectX. Should you be prompted to do so, we
strongly recommend that you choose to install DirectX. Later ver-
sions of DirectX will not be overwritten.

The characters

chapter 2

Each of the four players in Airline Tycoon has their own features.
These are important in enabling you to assign counters, offices and
other elements to the four players and their airlines.

Each player also has their own characteristics. These show in diffe-
rent strategies and actions used to win the game. However, none
of the four players has a technical advantage that would make it
easier to become an Airline Tycoon.

Features

Tip:

It may be important which
of the four players you
select: just taKe over the
player of your greatest
adversary , then he will not
be a threat to your suc-
cess.

Movina Around the Otame

Moving around the game is very intuitive
in Airline Tycoon. To move a player at the
airport, just click on the appropriate
place on the ground. The player walks to
the desired position with a single click
and runs if you double-click. If you want
to access a room, then click on the
appropriate door at the airport. The play-

er will enter the room as soon as he or she has reached the door.

In the example you
can recognise the
office of Falcon Lines
by the Logo beside
the door and the
very individual
lighting

As soon as you move the mouse to the left or right edge of the screen
the mouse cursor will change to an arrow, and you can scroll through
the airport. If you click on the left mouse button at the same time,
you will scroll even faster. Clicking on the right mouse button will
bring the player back on the screen. No need to look for him!

Chapter 2 The characters

Tip:

If a button is pressed
twice, the player will run
rather than wall <!

Moving around in rooms and using items is just as easy. As soon as
you move the mouse over an interactive item, person or selection
text, the cursor will be surrounded by a green line. Text will also be
highlighted, as soon as you can select it.

board

In Airline Tycoon some functions can be accessed directly using the
keyboard. This will make playing much easier when the game has
reached an advanced stage.

A Player goes to Petrol Air

Player goes to his Office

Player goes to Rick's Cafe

Player goes to the Duty-Free Shop

Player goes to the advertising agency

Player goes to the plane dealer

Player goes to the Globe (filofax)

Player goes to the cargo office

Player goes to the newspaper stand

Player goes to the Bank

Player goes to the Last Minute counter

Player goes to the museum

Player goes to the Nasa-Shop
(not available in every mission)

Player goes to the Personnel office

Player goes to the Route management board

Player checks the Score (telescope)

Player goes to the Air Travel counter

Player goes to Mr Uhrig (airport management)

Player goes to the Workshop

Player goes to the Security Office

Player goes to the HiTech Design Shop

Tab (!*S)

Player immediately quits to go home

Call up a tool tip

F2 / Esc.

Display options / Quit game

Load game

Save game

Pause button Toggle pause on and off

+/-

Speed up / slow down game

Space bar

The time count speeds up 20 times when the player
runs. Pressing O and then the space bar means
that the player is back in his office almost
immediately.

The first game chapter

Tip:

You only have to select
your home airport once,
at the beginning. Airline
Tycoon stores all your
settings.

When you first start Airline Tycoon, the introduction will be shown,
which you can exit at any time by pressing the ESC button or
clicking anywhere on the screen. Afterwards, the main menu will be
displayed. Before you boldly throw yourself into the first game, you
should first choose your home airport.

Selecting a Home airport

In the main menu, click on the option Home airport. In the follo-
wing menu you will find all the airports available in Airline Tycoon.

By clicking on the symbols and you can browse through all
the available airports. Choose the desired airport by clicking on it.
In front of the currently selected airport you will see a 33 Q. Click
on OK to confirm your choice and return to the main menu.

Selecting the First Mission

In the main menu, click on the option "New Game". At the begin-
ning you can only play the first mission, "A new job"; all other
options are greyed out and cannot be selected.

Click with the mouse on the option "A new job" and then on "Next"
to choose the first mission. This will take you to the player selection.

Chapter 3 The first game

Tip:

You can also change the
names of your adversa-
ries. A very interesting
choice would be your
partner or the nice gent-
leman from the Inland
Revenue (a so-called
death match), or your
favourite neighbour, the
one who always mows his
lawn at lunch-time...

If Belinda talks too slowly
for you, just click on the
speech bubble. She will
then just skip to the fol-
lowing ter-t or hide behind
the status bar.

Selecting a Player

In Airline Tycoon you can choose between four different airlines. It
is a matter of taste which one you choose. As far as we know,
neither the different airlines nor the players have any advantages or
disadvantages over one another; however we do not want to exclu-
de the possibility that they might...

Click on an airline to select it. You can change the name of the play-
er by clicking on the default name. You can type in a new name as
soon as the green highlight is shown.

After the selection, click on "Start". The game begins...

The First Pay

In the first mission you will be accompanied by Belinda, your assis-
tant. At the beginning Belinda will give you valuable hints and tips.
When you do not want any more support from Belinda, just click
on the space bar or the Q symbol at the bottom right-hand side.

First you need to go to the office of the airport manager, Mr Uhrig,
where all players have to report every morning. Mr Uhrig is res-
ponsible for the smooth running of the airport and behaves accor-
dingly.

On the first day Mr Uhrig will tell you how you can perform your
mission. If you did not pay attention, you should visit him again, or
give him a call. However you should not disturb him unnecessarily;
Mr Uhrig is a very busy man.

After the conference in the morning, all players go to their offices.

The first game chapter

Your Office , the Most Important Control
Centre of All

kerosene management
Finish wort:

Filofaz

Leave the office

Cquip planes
Mate a call

In-tray

aeroplanes, manage the kerosene supply, make phone calls, read
your post and, of course, decide when to finish work.

The First Mission

In your first mission your task will be to perform five orders. It is not
very important how much money you earn or how many people
you transport. The only condition is that you have to complete all
orders before your competitors, otherwise you have lost the mis-

The cursor colour chan-
ges when you can select
an option...

At the beginning of the first mission you own two aeroplanes, and
you have already accepted two orders that you can schedule and
operate immediately. First you will need the filofax, in which you
have to assign the orders to the planes.

At the beginning, your office is the most important control centre
of your new company. Enjoy the peace, the tasteful interior, the
beautiful suede, and the not yet dried-out plant in the corner,
because soon you will no longer have the opportunity to look at the
interior of your office...

From your office you can look up and create flight plans, equip To select an option, just

diet: on the appropriate
area on the screen.

Chapter 3 The first game

Planning the First Orders

You can access the filofax by first clicking on the globe in your offi-
ce and then on the filofax in the bottom left-hand corner. This
chapter explains how to plan orders. Refer to the chapter Filofax/
Notebook for a detailed description of the filofax.

Planning orders using
the Filofax

In the bottom left-hand corner click on 6 , to display a listing of your
planes. Then click on 4 to see a listing of the orders already set up.

On the left-hand side you now have to select a plane which is sui-
table for at least one of the two pre-arranged orders. A plane is sui-
table if:

- The plane can transport at least the number of passengers defi-
ned in the order

-The range of the plane will enable it to complete the flight
without a stopover

- The order can be carried out on time.

The information for each plane can be accessed by first selecting a
plane and then clicking on 5 . The information for the orders can be
accessed by clicking on 1 (the blue 0 ). Clicking on 2 will always
take you back to the listings.

As soon as you move the cursor over the list of flights, you can see
those time slots highlighted brightly in the left planning window,
which will allow you to carry out the order within the set time
frame.

The first game Chapter 3

Now click on one of the orders so that you can see the green order
icon on the cursor ( 3 ). Move the icon to the planning window on
the left-hand side into one of the brightly highlighted areas by cli-
cking on the desired position. You can then move the order to anot-
her position until the flight has been fixed. This means you can easi-
ly move the order into the correct position. You should plan both
orders as early as possible on the same day, if this is feasible, other-
wise the competition will win the mission.

Hint:

Flights are closed two
hours before their depar-
ture. You can recognise a
closed flight by the small
locK icon.

Should the order icon have a red border when you put it into its
position, then the order is set too late, and unless you change the
planning you will have to pay a contract penalty. Correct the plan-
ning by clicking on the order icon and putting it into a different
position that will allow you to perform the order in time. Whilst the
order icon is still on the mouse cursor you can move the order back
by right-clicking on it, and subsequently attach it to another plane.

Observing Departing Flights

Once you have planned your first two orders in the filofax you can
see the effects of your planning. Go to the airport hall by clicking
on the door in your office.

Femember:

If an order is carried out
too late or not at all, the
set contract penalty is
due...

First you should check if your flights are shown on the airport moni-
tor as you have planned them. To do this, click on any of the moni-
tors in the airport building...

Chapter 3 The first game

Tip:

A double -click makes
everything so much
faster...

You should at least see the two flights you planned in the previous
chapter with the initials of your airline on the monitor. Should this
not be the case, there are three possible reasons for this: you did
not plan all orders as described - if so, you should check your filo-
fax again; you have not planned the flights for the first day (the
monitor only shows flights that take off the same day); or you went
home in-between and the flights have already been carried out.

The first passengers start
to pick up their tickets
and check in their lugga-
9 e -

On the right-hand side:
the passengers can board
the plane appro x. 30
minutes before the
departure of the plane.

Tip:

To speed up the run-time
of the game, click on the
time in the menu bar at
the bottom of the screen.
The time will run faster
as long as you hold the
mouse button down.

In Airline Tycoon, unlike many other economic simu-
lations, you can observe the effects of your planning
in full detail. You can see what the passengers do and
what they feel. Check the departure time of your first
plane. Go to your ticket counter in the area on the left
of the airport. The passengers start checking in from
up to two hours before the take-off.

When the cursor is close to a person, a thought bub-
ble appears. That is how you know what your passengers
and also the competition think. It is also possible to spy
on other players.

Once your first passengers have their tickets, you should go to the
gate. That is where the passengers will go to await the departure
of their plane. Of course, the passengers do not like wasting their
time with long waiting times. In the airport you will find shops, a
museum and a cafe to prevent boredom and, amazingly, a toilet
which is conveniently situated right beside the cafe. The shops at
the airport are busy, because just before going on holiday the pas-
sengers still have all their spending money. Even if they do not,
there is still the bank...

Another Cight Orders...

To complete the first mission you have to perform ten orders. If you
do not believe us, just call the airport manager Mr Uhrig. He will
certainly confirm this.

Once you have completed this chapter there will still be three
orders missing. You therefore need first to obtain them and then to
plan them. There are several ways to obtain an order. The first
option is to get them at the Air Travel or the Last Minute counter at
your home airport. At the Last Minute counter you will get orders
that have to be planned quickly but the reward will be much hig-
her.

Go to the Air Travel or Last Minute counter. To do this, just click on
the Air Travel counter and your player will automatically move
there. If there is already a player at the counter, you will have to be
patient and hope that the competition has not already snapped up
all the best orders.

Hint:

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player at a time can be in

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Once you are at the counter you will see the orders on
the wall. There, it is possible that all orders have been
obtained by the competition. In this case you will
l have to come back later.

\ Move the cursor over the different orders to display
\ their details. Once you click on an order, you accept
J it irrevocably. Remember, if you are not able to per-
form the order as requested, you will have to pay a contract
penalty. This means that you cannot collect orders indiscriminately
but have to study their details carefully beforehand. Since you only
have two planes at the beginning, you have to ensure that you can
perform the orders in time.

The second option is to obtain orders through your branches. To do
this, just call the branch and ask for available orders.

Tip: Once you have obtained new orders you can go back to your off i-

n the personnel office ce an d select the filofax to plan the orders as described previously.

, , Of course, it may be that you have to commute a few times bet-

you can employ an order ’ 3 3

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analyst. He will actively .......

1 1 the first mission.

assist you in choosing the
right orders.

VJhat next?

When you have completed the first mission successfully, you should
be familiar with the general functions and the aim of Airline
Tycoon. Your next step should be to find out everything about rou-
tes and their function within Airline Tycoon. This will enable you to
successfully complete the following missions. We therefore strongly
recommend that you read the Routes chapter.

Planning routes is the most important element of Airline Tycoon.
Without routes, you cannot build a successful airline.

In Airline Tycoon a route is the permission for flight between two
airports. Unlike orders, routes cannot get lost. As soon as you have
attached a route to a plane it will regularly fly this route, unless the
plane is prevented from doing so by adverse circumstances. You
can also fly the same route with several planes to satisfy demand.

Routes and orders can be planned one week in advance. If you set
an order and a route for Tuesday in your flight plan, then the plane
will fly on the same route the following Tuesday. The order, howe-
ver, is terminated as soon as it is completed.

This means it is possible for you to devise a clever flight plan with
the help of the routes for each plane, that will repeat itself every
week automatically. Then you only have to keep an eye on the
demand for each individual route. A plane with only half its seats
occupied is hardly profitable.

building the network

In Airline Tycoon you can set up a global route network encompas-
sing all airports. All you need for this is the necessary money from
the petty cash.

At the beginning of the game you can only licence routes that go
from and to your home airport. Once you have licensed a route, you
will have to fly at least 10% of its daily demand. However, if for a
time your quota is below this value, you will lose the license for this
route, and it will take some time to smooth matters over. It is
important to remember that only three airlines can fly a route at
the same time. The consequences can therefore be fatal if a com-
petitor snaps up a route from under your nose, and prevents your
airline from expanding.

To license further routes which are not connected to your home air-
port, you will have to fly at least 20% of passengers for that route.
For example, if your home airport is Berlin and you are flying the
route Berlin-New York, then you will have to transport at least 20%
of all the people who want to fly from Berlin to New York to be able
to license new routes from and to New York.

Routes

chapter 4

As a general rule, you will have to transport at least 10% of all peo-
ple who want to fly on a particular route or you will lose the licen-
ce for this route. You will have to transport at least 20% of all pas-
sengers to license a route from the target airport to other airports.
It is therefore not possible for a player to license a number of rou-
tes "just in case", and so block the other players.

F-oute Administration

To got information about
competitors you have to
employ an informer.

You will find the route admi-
nistration on the pin board
directly next to Mr Uhrig's offi-
ce (airport management). Click
with the cursor on the pin
board. As soon as a player rea-
ches it, the view changes.

In the route administration
you can not only license new
routes or drop routes and gain
access to important data but

you can also get important information about your competitors

and their routes.

Information about fZoutes

When you drag the cursor over the route listing you can see the
details for the route in 1.

To fly a route, the range of your plane has to be at least as great as
the distance of that route.

The value "Daily Demand" shows how many people would like to
use this route on average and "Current Demand" shows the number
of people that would like to fly currently. An indication that the
route is not working to full capacity is when the "Current Demand"
is higher than the "Daily Demand".

"Licence Fees" tells you the monthly licensing costs for the route.
You will have to pay these even if there are no flights on this route.

The "Capacity" shows you what percentage of the possible passen-
gers would be transported by your airline.

Routes chapter 4

Distance 552 km

daily requirement 592
curr. requirement 2.527

Amsterdam - Berlin
Berlin - Amsterdam
Berlin - Delhi
Berlin - Johannesburg
Berlin - (Copenhagen

Panting routes:

If you have employed an informer you will get additional informa-
tion. At the bottom of the information window you can see the air-
lines that have already licensed this route. Following the name of
the airline you can also see the capacity quota for that airline as a
percentage. Additionally, you can view the route network of a par-
ticular player using 2 .

On the right-hand side of the screen you can list all airlines using
5 . 4 will list all the routes you can actually license and 3 will list the
ones you have already licensed. By clicking on a route you can deci-
de whether you want to license or drop this route.

Ticket Prices

You can change the ticket prices for each route as you like. To do
this, display either the filofax or the notebook.

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Berlin - Paris

Ticket price
increase price
Reduce price
Dumping
Flight costs
Standard price
First class

160 $

40 $
80 $
160 $
320 $

Cba\>\ir 4 Routes

Change to the view showing the route listings and click once on the
©-icon. Now click on one of the desired options to change the tik-
ket price.

Before you boldly triple the price, remember that the ticket price
has a considerable influence on how much your route will be fre-
quented. Additionally, the ticket price will have an influence on the
image of your airline. Should you sell a bad service at too high a
price, the image will decrease; on the other hand, your image will
increase with reasonable ticket prices and good service.

Propping F-outes

On the second page of the route information listings in the filofax/
notebook (see Ticket Prices) you can drop a route. To do this, just
click on the appropriate text.

Routes can only be cancelled when they are not attached to a
plane.

Important Information

The following information can be found in the same view in the
Filofax / Notebook where you can drop routes.

Image: Image of the route as a percentage, where 100% is the
optimum.

Rank: This shows in which order this route has been licensed. If there
is a 1 , then this route was first licensed by you. This value has an influen-
ce on how well the route is operating. If the rank is 3, then two of your
competitors have already held the licence to this route, which means it
will be more difficult for you than if your airline had been the first to fly
this route.

Demand: How many people on average are waiting for a flight.

Capacity (aeroplane): This value tells you the average capacity of
your planes as a percentage. A value of 50% would mean that the
planes fly on average with only half capacity; therefore, they could
transport more passengers. A value of 100%, however, would mean
that all flights are fully booked.

Routes chapter 4

Capacity (Route): 1 00% would mean that all people who want to
travel on this route are actually transported. 50% would indicate that
only half the people find a seat on a plane, and the other half would
therefore probably have to paddle across the ocean in an inflatable
dinghy.

Licence Fees: Monthly licence fees for the route.

Passengers and Routes

It is no small task to convince the public to fly with your airline and,
at the same time, offer flights that are profitable. Here are a few
parameters and conditions that influence the success of your route.

Image on these routes: Each route has its own image. You can
improve this image with the help of an advertising agency.

General image: Additionally, the success of your routes depends
on your general image. Your general image is again dependent on
several parameters. Ordering a "global image advertising campaign"
from the advertising agency is one way of improving it.
Additionally, the frequency of breakdowns and the way your staff
treats customers are crucial. Therefore, ensure that you service your
planes regularly and re-think your salary strategy.

Ticket price: This is also a decisive factor in the number of pas-
sengers that will fly with your airline on this route. How to modify
the ticket price has been described earlier.

Time: The time your planes fly a route is also important. If you only
offer night flights, then you will not have a great success on this
route.

Frequency: The frequency of the flights you offer is also of impor-
tance. It is more convenient for your passengers if you fly a route
regularly rather than only once or twice a week. You would not like
the choice of only being able to catch a bus into town twice a week,
would you?

Competition: Generally, you have to be better than the competition.
Always remember: passengers will compare the service, costs, polite-
ness of your staff, and your image with those of the competition, befo-
re choosing the airline that offers the most. If it is not you, it will be
one of your adversaries.

Cba\>\er 5 Orders

Tip:

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on each order.
The entry ", Contract
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much you will have to pay
if the order is not com-
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Orders have the advantage that your airline does not need to own
routes or branches to perform them. They are therefore especially
useful at the beginning to in building your budding airline with litt-
le capital.

However, orders are very labour intensive. Once accepted, orders
have to be performed within the set time or you will inevitably have
to pay a contract penalty.

In Airline Tycoon there are two options to obtain new orders. Firstly,
you can obtain them from the Air Travel and Last Minute counter in
the airport hall. To do this, just go to the counter and select the des-
ired orders.

The second option is to obtain orders through your branches. To do
this, just call one of your branches and ask for the available orders.
They will gladly help you, since you are the boss!

Order Pat a

Take your player to the Air Travel or Last Minute counter. To look up
order data (without accepting the order) move the mouse over the
offered orders. You will then automatically receive a detailed des-
cription of the order.

The first line tells you the route you need to fly.

- 1 Date tells you the day the order has to be carried out.

\ If, for example, it says "Tuesday" then you have to fly
\ the order on Tuesday. However, if it says "until
KH> \ Tuesday" then you have to complete the order by

0 06 nM \ Tuesday. 24.00h at the latest.

The "Distance" tells you great the range of the
plane has to be to fly this order.

I Under the heading "Passengers" you will find the
1 number of passengers that have booked this
I flight. The plane used for this order must be able
\ to transport at least that number of passengers.
Orders cannot be distributed over two planes.

"Premium" is probably the most important information. You get this
amount when the order has been completed in time. However, do
not forget the costs for kerosene, personnel and maintenance.
Those have to be paid, too...

To accept an order, just click on the appropriate order paper. Be
careful: once you have accepted an order you cannot hand it back,
and you have to complete it within the set time to get the pre-
mium, otherwise you will usually receive a heavy contract penalty.
This makes it a futile exercise to accept orders indiscriminately just
get your own back on your competitors.

Planning orders

Orders can be planned either from your office using the filofax or
from anywhere else using the notebook. Refer to the section about
the filofax for further information.

To accept a new cargo order, just click on one of the consignment
notes 1. Of course, you should not accept cargo orders indiscrimi-
nately, but check carefully beforehand if there is enough capacity
available. Customers can get pretty angry if the orders are not com-
pleted in time, and there is the threat of a contract penalty.

Under 2, you can choose between orders, cargo and routes. The
cargo orders are planned in exactly the same way as normal orders
and routes. The main difference is that you have to consider the
weight of the cargo rather than the number of passengers.

You will find the corresponding
information in the technical
details of every aeroplane.

Chapter 7 Filofax / Notebook

Hint:

Planes are usually named
after cities; however, you
can change the name to
whatever you liKe...

The filofax is probably by far the most important tool for the play-
er. It has the same functions as the notebook. However, it has the
unbeatable advantage of enabling you to look up and change your
planning from any location. Your portable computer has some
additional features.

You can obtain a notebook, once these are in stock again, from the
Duty Free shop round the corner. Even if you already have a com-
puter you should occasionally check for later models. Notebooks
are usually already out-of-date in the brochure. The manufacturers
are constantly improving the performance, especially the battery
life...

To use the filofax you have to go to your office and click on the
globe. The notebook, however, can be used in any location by acti-
vating the appropriate icon in the status bar.

Tip:

With an informer you can
find out if the competition
has already rented a
branch at a particular
airport...

Click on 1 to display a listing of your planes. The entry "Darmstadt
in Berlin 100%", for example, means that a plane by the name of
Darmstadt is currently in Berlin and is in 100% working order. In
Airline Tycoon, planes are named after a city at the factory. You can
however change the names of planes.

Clicking on 2 displays a list of all the airports. Grey entries mean
that you do not yet have a branch at this airport. Entries in black
font, however, mean that you already own a branch there. You can
display the corresponding information for each airport by moving
the mouse over the entries. Clicking on an entry will display further
details about the cities.

3 will display important evaluations, if you have employed the
appropriate advisor.

Filofax / Notebook Chapter 7

Most of the entries extend over seve-
ral pages. Use 2 to switch between
the pages. 1 will take you to the over-
view (you can also use the right
mouse button to do this).

Additionally, in the notebook you can
use 3 to select your planes.

The Flight Planner

Probably the most important window
is the flight planner for planes. There
you define when routes are flown
and orders are carried out by a plane.

The planning for a plane can be defi-
ned for to up seven days ahead;
however, this by no means indicates
that your planning is for one week
only. A set route will be repeated at
the same time every week, unless
there are unusual occurrences. Orders
are only performed once, whereupon
they are automatically deleted from
the flight planner.

The current day is initially displayed with the grey
bar indicating past time. You cannot plan any
more orders or routes for this day before 8 o'clock
in the evening. (There have to be about two to
three hours between the current time and the
departure of a plane.)

Routes are shown as blue icons and orders as
green icons. Yellow icons stand for automati-
cally set flights which you can only modify indirect-
ly. For example, if your plane is in Munich and you set an order from
Berlin to Munich, the plane first has to be transferred empty to
Berlin. This means you would have to postpone or delete the order
Berlin - Munich to delete the automatic flight.

You can also set the ele-
ments using drag & drop
- that is to say, diet: on
an element and then move
it with the left mouse
button held down to the
desired position. Just try
it out to see which you
prefer...

Setting up Flight Orders,
Car no Orders and Routes

You can get to the flight plan by clicking on the aeroplane icon 1
and selecting the desired plane from the list.

Tip:

You can also set the ele-
ments using drag (r drop:
that is to say, eliciting on
an element and then
moving it with the left
mouse button held down

to the desired position.
Just try it out to see
which you prefer...

The flight planner always
shows the next seven
days...

On the right-hand side you can click either on 2 to display a list of
flight orders or on 3 to display a list of cargo orders, or on 4 to dis-
play a list of routes.

To set an order or a route, click on the right-hand side with the cur-
sor on the desired entry (not on the blue info icon). A green or blue
icon will now be attached to your mouse cursor if you have done
this correctly ( 5 ). Set this by clicking on the left-hand side of the
flight plan. Done!

Alternatively, when setting routes you can hold the Shift button down,
to set the route several times. Remember, routes can be set as many
times as you like, orders only once.

Once you have set orders or routes you can always modify or delete
them by clicking on the appropriate icon in the flight plan. You can then
set the order in the flight plan again in a different position or delete it
from the flight plan by right-clicking on it.

You can also move icons directly within the flight plan without the
need to pick them up by clicking on the borders ( 6 ). Try the same
with the Shift button held down.

This icon allows you to extend an already existing flight
plan for a week. This will duplicate the set routes until the weekly
plan is complete.

L " JILj This icon allows you to delete the current flight plan com-
pletely. Orders that are already planned will be put back and should
be planned anew as soon as possible!

Notebook vs. Filofax

The notebook has, as previously mentioned, a few unbeatable
advantages over the filofax. The biggest advantage: you can look
up and modify your flight plans from any location, whereas the filo-
fax can only be used in the office. During the game you will find out
to your frustration that there will be days when you have to do
without your office!

A second advantage is that you can open several windows at the
same time. This enables you to open the flight plans for several pla-
nes at the same time and to move orders/routes directly from one
flight plan to another.

You will also find that the navigational elements are more practical.
Information can be called up much more quickly than in the filofax.
And, as you know, time is money.

Sometimes the route display on the rotating globe is very useful,
too. In the notebook you have two multi-function buttons for this.
Each of the buttons is divided into four coloured areas, each area
corresponding to a player. At the beginning you can only use your
own buttons. However, as soon as you have employed informers,
you can select the other buttons, too, and thereby find out vital
information about the competition.

You can use the top multi-function button to display pla-
nes on the globe. Any plane can then be displayed in its
current position, even if it is flying. If it is one of your pla-
nes, you can click on it to display the corresponding
planning window.

With this button you can also display routes (your own
and those of your competitors) on the globe. By
clicking several times you can toggle between short and
long routes.

One of the purposes of branches lies in impro-
ving how well your airline is known. The more
people that know your airline, the more will
fly with it. Branches are however no substitu-
te for good advertising. A good strategy is to
run an advertisement on a regular basis, and
constantly expand your branch network.

Another reason for founding branches is
that you can obtain orders from them. This means
you do not have to rely on the few orders that you can snap up at
your home airport. In addition, if you have a mobile phone, you can
save yourself a lot of running around (well, this might not make
your fitness trainer very happy, but you cannot please everyone!).

Hint:

We cannot guarantee the
accuracy of the weather
report!

To receive orders from your branches, you just have to give them a
quick call. Since you are the boss, you will receive the desired infor-
mation immediately, and you can plan it without delay in your filo-
fax or notebook.

You can also find out about the weather conditions at your bran-
ches. This option is especially useful if you plan to go on holiday in
that particular country and want to know if the weather is as you
anticipated it.

Renting new branches

Hint:

At every airport only
three players can rent a
branch at the same time,
so one always misses out!

New branches are on offer beside Mr Uhrig in the airport manage-
ment office. Go to Mr Uhrig's office and click on the pin board on
the back wall. If you want to rent one of the branches, just click on
the corresponding note.

However, this does not yet mean that you have rented the branch:
you have only put an offer in for it. Mr Uhrig will decide after 6
o'clock in the evening whose offer he will accept, and who will the-
refore get the branch. Until then, each player can put in as many
offers as they like to outbid previous offers.

Branches are not necessarily always on offer. You are therefore advi-
sed to check availability regularly, as the competition does not
sleep.

Staff chapter ?

Compared to other businesses (for example, game studios), per-
sonnel costs are not the number one costs for an airline.
Aeroplanes are very expensive and are the main costs. Despite this
you need to be very careful with your staff. For one thing, mistakes
caused by incompetent employees can be very expensive, and for
another, there are (fortunately) not yet any planes that can fly by
themselves.

In Airline Tycoon you will have to manage three different personnel
groups: advisors, pilots and flight attendants.

Advisors

You can employ advisors in the personnel office to give you valua-
ble support. Advisors usually receive a very good salary; in exchan-
ge you will receive very important information which is well worth
the money. If possible, you should spend money on as many advi-
sors as you can afford, as they are a great help in many areas.

In Airline Tycoon there are two types of advisors. The active consul-
tant appears at the bottom right-hand corner and will give you
important information at the right moment. For example, the order
advisor will always appear when the cursor is over an
order. A passive consultant, however, works in the bak
kground and actively supports you there. For exam
pie, the financial advisor ensures that you get better
interest rates at the bank.

There are advisors for personnel, oil prices, planes,
routes, orders, finances, security, fitness and infor- 1
mation. None of these advisors is essential but they
will make your life a lot easier.

You can employ the following
advisors in Airline Tycoon:

Personnel advisor

He will give you his very valued opinion on applicants as soon as
you look at job applications in the personnel office. You should be
terribly careful who you employ: wrong information from incom-
petent advisors could mean the ruin of your business!

r, p- W

You should not only take
the scale of the salaries
into account! Qualification
plays an important role,
too...

3 \

Chapter ? Staff

Informer

A good informer will supply you with detailed information about
your dear competition in many places. Using the notebook you can
look up the complete route network including that of your com-
petitors' planes. Route administration (the pin board beside the
entrance to Mr Uhrig) will even give you detailed information about
the routes of your competitors, just as if they were your own. And
that is not all: the informer will supply you with important infor-
mation in many other instances. So you can see, not having an
informer is very short-sighted!

Kerosene advisor

There are only two ways to test the quality of fuel: taste it yourself
(not too much please, it is addictive), or employ an advisor for this
unpleasant task. He will help you buy the right kerosene at Petrol
Air and warns you if the quality is inadequate. You should not
underestimate this help - bad fuel is often the cause of plane bre-
akdowns.

Plane analyst

Buying second-hand planes is a very delicate matter. The sums
involved are huge. We therefore recommend that you employ a
plane analyst before you visit the museum. He will help you make
the right choice.

Route advisor

The route consultant supplies you with useful advice about routes.
Simply go to route administration and move the mouse cursor over
the different routes.

Order advisor

He will help you to choose the most profitable orders at the Last
Minute and AirTravel counter. Always remember: the penalties you
have to pay for failure are very high...

Financial advisor (passive)

The financial advisor will chivvy your bank along so you get the best
interest rates. This, of course, depends on you selecting a good
financial advisor, which in turn depends on your choice of person-
nel advisor. Additionally, he will provide you with comments on
your financial situation.

Staff

Security manager (passive)

The prices you negotiate will improve as soon as you employ a secu-
rity manager. How does he do it? Well, security consultants are
nothing but bodyguards and therefore are very good at "impres-
sing" your importance on the people you negotiate with.

Fitness trainer (passive)

You should keep an eye on your shape and employ a fitness con-
sultant. This does not just have the advantage that you will live (sur-
vive) a little longer, but also means that you can move faster. Just
try it...

Pilots and Flioht Personnel

Depending on the mission you play, you will own planes at the start
of the game. These are sufficiently manned with pilots and flight
personnel; however, as soon as you have earned the necessary small
change and acquired some new planes you will have to recruit
more pilots and flight personnel.

Employing staff

To employ staff, just go to Mrs. Selig at
the personnel office. Ask her to show
you the folder of applications. In these
folders, Mrs. Selig collects all incoming
job applications. (It took a long time to
teach her how to do this. She is not
very orderly by nature.)

Click on 3 to browse to the next page.
Click on 1 to go back to the previous
page. If you like an application, then
you can click on the text "Employ" 2 to
employ the applicant. Mrs. Selig will
stamp the selected application.

Piotr Antrov

Pilot

Salary: 10000 $
Evaluation: girted
Rge: 30 years.

Comes from the Russian air force.
but does not

Has a lot of talent, .....

haue a high regard for sarety.

Applications

Your first, highly official act should be to employ a personnel advi-
sor who will help you to choose suitable personnel in future. Of
course, the question of who will help you to employ the personnel
advisor will immediately present itself. To be blunt, you will have to
get through this all by yourself!

Zbaptzr ? Staff

Tip:

Planes with insufficient
personnel are highlighted
with red in the notebook.

As soon as you employ a pilot or flight attendant they will be assig-
ned to a plane that is not yet fully staffed. In the notebook, you can
check directly whether you need any further personnel. If you have
not yet purchased this very useful tool, you will have to go to your
office first and look in the filofax. Or, if you have employed a per-
sonnel advisor, he will tell you how many more people you need, or
how many employees have been employed above your actual
needs.

Managing Staff

At Mr. Hagedorn's you can manage your airline's staff. He is very
meticulous and you can rely on him completely.

Tip:

Later on, if you wish to
sell planes, you should
always check: your number
of personnel.

You can also order Mr. Hagedorn to raise or lower the salary of all
employees by 10%. A higher salary will of course motivate your
employees (and cost you lots of money); however, you should be
more careful when lowering the salaries. If your profits are too high
and you lower the salaries the same time, then your employees will
not find this acceptable.

You can raise or lower the salary of individual employees or fire
them using the different files within the mysterious personnel fol-
ders. Moreover, you can transfer pilots to different planes.

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Aeroplanes chapter 10

What would an airline be without any planes? You can answer this
for yourself by removing the wheels from your car (all four of
them!) and ask yourself: "What is my car without any wheels?" We
found this out for ourselves and, consequently, we built planes into
Airline Tycoon. Since then, we have put the wheels back on!

If you play the free game or one of the missions, your airline owns
two planes at the beginning. These are not in the best working
order and are not very up-to-date, but they will help you to get into
business.

You can purchase cheap second-hand planes in the museum or you
can get the latest models at the local plane dealer. Refer to The
Airport chapter for more information on rooms and companies.

Plane Management

You can manage your planes using either the filofax or the note-
book. Refer to the section Filofaxl Notebook for more information.

Servicing Planes

Statistically, the plane is the safest mode of transport. One reason
for this is that even the smallest mistake may have grave conse-
quences, which is why airlines spend huge sums on servicing their
planes.

Small airlines will occasionally give in to the temptation to try and
save money in the wrong places. Why buy new parts if second-
hand ones will suffice? Why service planes weekly, if you can do it
monthly? When you play Airline Tycoon you will know the answer
to this soon enough!

You define how your planes are serviced in the local workshop at
the right end of the airport. Refer to the Workshop section in the
next chapter for more information.

Chapter 10 Aeroplanes

equipping Planes

New planes that you buy always
have the standard equipment.
This however is sometimes not
enough for your desired image or
a particular route, so you can indi-
vidually equip all planes in Airline
Tycoon.

Simply click on the plane on the
desk in your office to display the
correct screen.

By clicking once on 1 and 5 you can look at the equipment for all
the planes.

With 2 you can save the current settings and revoke it again later
with 4 . This option is very useful if you want to equip several pla-
nes in the same way. Simply click 2 for the equipment to be saved,
1 and 5 to browse through the desired planes and 4 to use the ori-
ginal settings for the equipment.

Clicking on 3 will exit the screen and take you back to your office.
You do not need to click 3 each time to save the current settings.

Equipment:

Aeroplanes Chapter \0

On the right-hand side you will see the various possibilities for
equipping your plane.

6 Seat Quality. If your backside hurts after a flight, you know
you have had the lowest quality! If you slept through the arri-
val, you were sitting in a 3-star luxury armchair.

7 The Luxury Equipment. The 1-star model is about as luxurious
as the cargo hold. With the 2-star model, at least your passen-
gers can listen to music or the news (about air disasters)! With
the top model, your passengers will be spoiled with television,
champagne and all the creature comforts.

8 The Ambience. At the lowest level, there is practically no
ambience. Your passengers will suffer from an acute loss of
orientation combined with steadily growing nausea. The 3-star
version produces the most comfortable atmosphere. Your pas-
sengers will be very satisfied.

Tip:

VJith good equipment, you
can easily try and raise
ticket prices. Luxury has
to be paid for!

9 Choosing Food: This option lets you change the quality and
amount of food. In the lowest level, culinary delights will be
served that fill you up with the tiniest amounts and which no
one probably wants to eat at this time of the year. The middle
level promises something like home cooking, and at the top
level the passengers receive a menu from which they can choo-
se their favourite dish.

10 Flight Attendants: This option lets you determine how many
additional flight attendants should accompany the flight.
Remember to hire the additional staff, though.

The 6 to 8 equipment options will be paid for with a
one-off flat fee. The 9 and 10 options, however,

constantly incur more and more costs, and are therefore — * -y *
difficult to calculate.

The equipment quality is indicated with star ratings: 1 star

being the lowest and 3 stars the best equipment. The

current equipment will always be shown by yellow stars. y

The modifications will be carried out in your contract d
workshop as soon as the plane lands at the next airport, wl^l

Chapter 10 Aeroplanes

In Airline Tycoon you get the opportunity to modify your planes'
technical equipment.

To call up the new options, first go into the "Equip Planes" option
as described on page 36. There you can change the technical equip-
ment by clicking on 1 . Clicking on 2 takes you back to the usual
comfort equipment option.

Under 3 you can change the tyres on your plane. When doing so,
make sure you pay attention to the season to ensure optimum safe-
ty.

Under 4 it is possible to choose between the different engines. Of
course, efficient engines are very expensive although they are quie-
ter and safer, which the passengers will thank you for.

Under 5 , the safety level can be changed. We all know from the
radio and television that a poor level of safety is cheaper but not
always conducive to a good company image.

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Aeroplanes chapter 10

Under 6 you can choose between different cockpit variations. These
differ, particularly in the technical equipment. Modern equipment
should have a very calming effect on your passengers...

Last but not least, under 7 , you can select the size of the cleaning
team. Naturally, this also contributes to safety - or have you never
slipped on a banana skin?

In Airline Tycoon, the home airport is of central importance. Your
offices (and those of your competitors) are based there. All compa-
nies and businesses that are important to you are located there,
and you can move around freely and spy on passengers and your
opponents.

Airport expansion 1

If business is going well, the time will come where there are too few
gates. You then need to apply to the airport manager, Mr Uhrig, for
expansions. Obviously, he will not expand the airport for free but
will send you a hefty bill.

You will find a statistical evaluation of your gates in the filofax and
the notebook. You should keep a careful eye on these at all times
so that no bottlenecks occur that you do not know about.

Office 2

Your personal office, like all administrative rooms, is located on the
top floor of the airport. You will recognise your own office from the
company plaque next to the door and the light above it bearing
your individual company colour. Who wants to step into the com-
petition's office by mistake?!

You will find a detailed description of your base in the section "The
First Game".

Personnel Office 3

You will find the personnel office just as easily as your own office.
The logo of your airline hangs directly next to the door, and above
is the light in the company colours. It is always located directly next
to your office.

You cannot drink coffee or watch television in the personnel office.
You guessed it - here you can manage your staff. Find out how this
works in the Personnel section.

Telescope 4

With the telescope in the upper left of the airport, you can see how
you stand overall against your three opponents. The view can be
different for every mission.

The cost of using the telescope is automatically debited to your
account.

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The Airport Chapter u

Plane Dealer 5

The Makel & Sons plane Dealers is a strange shop! You just need to
glimpse the entrance or the furnishings! Mr. Makel actually had to
obtain a special permit to install the unusual entry door.

But appearances are deceptive: Makel & Sons were very trustwor-
thy business partners in the past and always met your orders.
Naturally, the service has its price. To begin with, perhaps you
should take a look in the museum...

To buy planes, you need to have enough funds in your account.
From bitter experience, Mr. Makel does not offer credit - and cer-
tainly not to a small, still insignificant airline.

By the way, you will find the plane Dealer on the upper floor quite
far out on the right. You really cannot miss the shop...

Put y Free Shop 6

The duty free shop is located in the lower level somewhere in the
middle of the airport. Fortunately, it is right next to the bank so that
passengers can withdraw the necessary money if they wish to buy
anything.

In the duty free shop you can buy some very useful things at more
or less good prices that you should certainly take advantage of.
Because your rivals also shop there, it can sometimes happen that
not all goods are immediately available. In this case, you should
simply come back later.

Even at first glance, the notebook is extremely interesting and use-
ful. When you finally have it, you will never be able to do without
it again. You should watch the other items too, though - nothing
useless is sold. Maybe you want to give someone a present? You
can always use good friends!

&anK 7

The bank is at the centre of the lower level, between Petrol Air and the
duty free shop. It looks after both private and business clients. It can
manage your credit limit (for as long as you can still get credit) and deal
with your shares.

Chapter u The Airport

Think about the financial
advisor. Ho helps you to
get good conditions

Tip:

A Kerosene advisor will
always help you to make
the right decision - or do
you trust Petrol Air ?

As soon as the storage
tank is empty, your planes
will be refuelled again at
the market price !

Mrs Pulver, the nice lady in the bank, is responsible for your
account and the credit limit. Consult her when you need a loan or
when you are in the lucky position to be able to pay back an
existing loan.

Mr Smith, the branch manager, on the other hand is responsible
for the share trade. Tell him what you want and he will be only
too pleased to help you. On your orders he will gladly buy and
sell shares, issue shares in your company (you can determine how
many shares you want to issue in your company yourself) or exerci-
se your shareholders' rights,.

You can only exercise shareholders' rights when you hold at least
50% of the shares in another airline and this airline itself holds less
than 30% of your shares. By exercising your shareholders' rights you
can liquidate another airline or take it over. In either case it is one
competitor less to worry about.

Current Share Prices

In the bank, you can also find out about the current share prices of
all the airlines at any time. For this purpose, you will find four
boards on the back wall with the current share prices. When the
cursor is positioned over one of the boards, you will get a detailed
evaluation of the respective airline.

Petrol A ir Counter 1

Petrol Air is actually an airline but, for understandable reasons, the
firm also deals with kerosene and storage tanks.

According to our information, Petrol Air also offers other services
occasionally. It happens in such a way, though, that not everyone
can demand these. If you want to take advantage of such services,
you could try establishing good business relations with the firm, or
offer it a present. Whatever you do, be sure to let us know if you
get any further details!

Storage Tanks

Kerosene prices on the global market continually fluctuate. In order to
benefit from the lowest prices, you have the opportunity to buy kero-
sene at rock bottom prices and store it in a storage tank. In your offi-
ce, you can then determine whether your planes should be refuelled
from the tank or directly at the current market price, depending on
what is currently more favourable. For this, simply click on the picture
on the wall in your office.

The workshop is located on the right hand side of the airport.
There, you can determine how your planes are maintained. As soon
as you ask the young mechanic in the workshop, Jack, you have the
following possibilities to choose from:

Change Average Maintenance

Talk to Jack about your planes to define the average maintenance.
He will offer you various maintenance contracts which, of course,
also vary a lot in terms of cost. You should not always go for the
cheapest.

This form of maintenance determines the regular maintenance of
your planes. If this is bad, the state of your planes will quickly dete-
riorate and you can get used to a long list of breakdowns and unsa-
tisfied clients.

Previous Maintenance Costs

Simply ask Jack about costs. He will show you a list of the total costs
incurred. You should not let high costs put you off continuing to
transport your clients with safe planes, however. Advertising costs for
a good image with too many breakdowns are not exactly cheap eit-
her!

Improve State

In time, even well-maintained planes will wear out (although
obviously this takes longer than for badly maintained planes), and
you need to undergo a large service to raise the overall state of
repair back up to 100%.

Say to Jack, "Please repair the following planes..." and enter the des-
ired target state for each machine. 100% here means that the
machine is in the best possible state of repair. Your workshop will
try to improve the state of the relevant machines in the next few
days, without any interruption to air traffic occurring.

To set all planes to the last value entered, simply click on "All Planes"
in the bottom right.

Tip- W

Pemember that the
workshop employs the
same team that under-
takes ground maintenance,
for a general overhaul,
you would do better to
hire engineers!

Breakdown Statistics

Ask Jack about your breakdown statistics to see a detailed log file
of all breakdowns for each of your planes. As the contract works-
hop of your choice, Jack is naturally best informed about all break-
downs.

As soon as you see the list, you can click on individual entries to dis-
play more detailed information.

A irTravel 1 and Last Minute Counters 2

At both of these counters on the lower floor of the airport, you get
new orders for your airline. The orders obtained at the Last Minute
Counter are to be carried out mainly in the short term but are the-
refore more lucrative.

Of course, you need to watch out that your rivals do not take all the
best orders otherwise you will have to take what is left, and that is
not always the best!

You will find a more detailed description of these two counters in
the "The First Game" chapter.

Museum 3

The museum is located right on the far left of the airport. As its
name will have warned you, there are only old things to marvel at
there.

Mr. Schlauberger, the museum supervisor, developed a sideline
years ago, however, to improve his miserly income. He restores old
planes and offers them for sale. In the meantime, there is a flouris-
hing trade for used planes in the museum.

Whether Mr. Schlauberger still needs to trade in planes, we do not
know, but you should not let the opportunity pass you by, and at
least risk a glance at the used planes. Maybe the right one for you
is there. On the other hand, at the beginning, you probably will not
have any choice but to buy used planes. That said, you should not
tell Mr. Schlauberger that, otherwise he might raise the prices!

NASA Shop 4

You will only find this futuristic-looking shop in the mis-
sions "The Final Frontier", and "Beyond the Final
Frontier". In these missions, you will have to build
complex machines with the help of the NASA. You
can get all the necessary components in the NASA
shop.

For safety, the construction will take place on an
island far from the airport. You can look at the four
islands, one for each airline, when you take a peek
through the telescope. Remember: the one that is
ready first wins the mission!

ftq's Cafe 5

After a stressful day, you should treat yourself to a cup of coffee. A
completely overworked manager does not do anything for your air-
line. Furthermore, despite all the work that needs doing, you
should not lose contact with people who can tell you many inter-
esting things.

Newspaper ‘Stand 6

Unfortunately, the newspaper stand owner is not to be persuaded
to deliver magazines to your office, so you have to go to the new-
spaper stand yourself. But a little exercise will not do you any harm,
ask your fitness trainer.

You cannot miss out on the latest information. As a manager, you
should always be well informed. What is the saying? - Knowledge
is power: he who knows nothing does nothing.

To read the various magazines, simply move the cursor over them.
You do not have to pay anything, but you must not get caught or
it will cost you dearly.

Advertising Agency 7

A well-known saying from the advertising field is: "Fie who does not
advertise, dies". And so it is. Flow can passengers decide on your
airline when they know nothing about it? You will never survive on
charter flights alone.

Chapter u The Airport

hYou have no other choice. You need to invest in advertising if you
want to be successful in the long term. Go to the advertising agen-
cy interAd on the upper level and talk to a real expert.

In the agency, they will tell you the state of your airline's image. By
means of various costly advertising campaigns, it is then possible
for you to continuously improve your image.

A word of caution, though: advertising alone is worth nothing if
you only offer flights that break down and poor service. Everything
should be true wherever possible, so that the advertising has the
best possible effect. After all, you do not want to throw good
money after bad, do you?

‘Safe Secure Limited 1

The airport is growing. And since some far-from peaceable lowlifes
are getting up to no good on the once so peaceable grounds in the
meantime. Safe & Secure Ltd have moved in. The entrance is secret
though. If you find it, say hello nicely and just speak to it. Mr
Fightworthy, S&S Ltd's security officer, just loves telling people
about his work.

Tip:

There's a rumour that the
entrance is hidden
somewhere in this area

From this fortress of
security Mr Fight-
worthy continually
checks that the air-
port is running
smoothly and accor-
ding to the rules.

Using his monitors
he surveys even the
most out of the way
areas of the airport.

The scope of the security services the firm offers is enormous. From
laptop surveillance to each individual aircraft in the fleet. Safe &
Secure Ltd is always ready. But to enjoy this level of service, you
have to pay through the nose. Because security comes at a price.
Think carefully about whether you want to save in this particular
area. You don't even want to think about how much an image cam-
paign would cost.

The Airport Chapter u

HiTech Designer-Shop 2

Just recently the HiTech Designs company opened a branch in the
airport. Mr Balderdash constructs and builds aircraft according to
your wishes and ideas. His best tool for this is the "Aircraft
Constructor" (operating instructions can be found in chapter 12-
Aircraft Constructor). You will find his office on the upper level
directly above the luggage conveyor belt.

He's not too bothered how the aircraft end up looking- after all you
pay him before the aircraft is delivered. And he does give you
decent assurances of their reliability, even for the most fantastic
constructions

But who knows? Maybe it's precisely the craziest aircraft which will
be successful. After all, a lot of people are keen on weird and ori-
ginal ideas. But perhaps these people will only get to enjoy the
flight once.

Chapter u The Airport

&ranehes are also good
for your image!

Thoughts are Free

In Airline Tycoon, you can easily find out what the passengers and
your competitors really think. All you have to do is bring the cursor
close to the desired character and immediately a telltale thought
bubble will appear.

You will see the following thought for
other player characters - i.e. your competi-
tors

This player likes you very much. If this player happens to be
'Sf 0 f the opposite sex, there could be something more behind
this but that is for you to find out.

This player likes you although he does not jump for joy whe-
vti? never he sees you.

© This player is indifferent towards you. This should make you
suspicious because competitors rarely feel nothing for one
another.

You should do something to improve relations with this
player. He does not like you one little bit. Perhaps you should
phone him for a little chat more often?

Your opponent downright detests you. We would not want to
be in your shoes. The best thing to do is to turn your computer
off straight away. Nevertheless, you can still continue reading
this manual.

You will see the following thought bubbles for
the passengers

This passenger is just collecting his ticket.

This passenger is about to board a plane. Now it is merely a
T* 1 matter of waiting.

I This passenger is somewhat angry because he has missed his
plane. You should try and find out why this happened.

The plane that this passenger flew with last time should be
repaired urgently.

This passenger cannot complain about the staff (but if he
had a reason to, he would!)

A A

This passenger was very happy with his flight.

This passenger would fly again with the same airline anyti-
me, no question. He will heartily recommend the airline.

(Red) The flight was too expensive for this passenger. Either
the quality offered was poor or the flight price was simply
excessive.

This passenger has an urge for something sweet and is rus-
hing to the duty free shop.

■a

■ M

And this passenger is thirsty. He possibly is an alcoholic.

This passenger is going to the bank.

This passenger is going to the travel agents. He dreams of a
wonderful holiday but he cannot decide: holiday or play
Airline Tycoon?

This passenger is on his way home.

This passenger is enquiring about the arrival time of his
flight.

This passenger is just going to the museum.

□

Under no circumstances should you stop a passenger with
this thought bubble. He has an urgent need to take care of!

Aircraft Constructor Chapter IZ

Fuselage(IO): The be-all and end-all of every aircraft. The number
of available seats, as well as weight, reliability and noise
generation of the construction depend to quite a large
extent on the size and shape.

Wings(7): Absolutely vital for the basic handling characteristics,
like for example banking. From the Hippe Delta wings to
the classical, straight constructions for propeller-driven
planes, you will find everything here.

Tail unit(8): The parts in this group are necessary for any aircraft
for aesthetic reasons alone. Quite apart from the fact that
form also influences fuel consumption and noise genera-
tion, and prevents the passengers from falling out of the
rear of the air-craft it also has massive influence over your
planes flight per-formance.

Nose(9): Heart and command centre of the aircraft. There goes
nothing without a cockpit of some kind!

Engines (6): Gliders are quiet, save gas and can also fly at night.
They do have limited reach though, and taking off requi-
res a terrific effort. For example, a cliff to push them off.
But since no airport offers these take-off conditions, each
'bird' worth its salt has decent engines. Whether you use
modern jet propul-sion or old fashioned propellers
depends on you. As well as on the weight of the aircraft
(do you know of any single-engine large capacity aircraft?)
and on how much noise you want to ask the passengers
to put up with.

Tip:

A quiet aircraft will of
course impact on passen-
ger satisfaction and hence
four image!

End Programme (5): Use these two control buttons to end
"Aircraft Constructor." The green tick confirms the design
and transmits it to Mr Balderdash, who immediately puts
it on his supply list. The red cross ends the programme
without transmitting the data.

Construction Name (1): An aircraft without a name?
Unthinkable! Luckily this field allows you to christen the
aircraft. Just think of it as the champagne bottle shattering
elegantly against the nose of the aircraft. There are no
limits to your imagination in thinking up a name. But bear
in mind that 1) 'Lead Duck #1' is not going to inspire con-
fidence for the passengers. 2) Choose a name you'll be
able to find again easily in Mr Balderdash's catalogue.

Functions (4): A click on the folder will open a virgin drawing
board, which you can use to get your ideas "down on
paper." You should use the recycling bin if you want to
remove a design completely.

5 /

Chapter IT- Aircraft Constructor

Technical Data (2): The data entered depends on the choice and
number of aircraft parts you are including in your design.
This gives you an overview of your 'bird's' features already
during the construction stage.

Weight: How much does your 'bird' weigh? This mainly depends
on the number and thrust of the engines needed.

Passengers: Shows the maximum number of passengers the air-
craft can handle.

The technical
Data con-
tains all the
information
of y our fet-
to-be plane.

UJeight: 151200t
Passengers: 600 (60 t)
consumption: 27900 I/I 00 km |
Noise: quiet
Reliability: auerage
Uelocity: 999 km/h

Costs: $ 86.400.000

Noise/insulation: Why do you think house pri
ces long the flight paths of major airports are so
low? That's right! Aircraft produce noise. For the
benefit of the real estate agents and residents of
these extremely noise-polluted areas, you should
keep an eye on the amount of noise your plane
generates. In addition you will spare your pas-
sengers hearing damage, which would occur
without a doubt in a loud aircraft.

Fuel consumption: Depending on weight and engine model,
here you will find out how high your gas consumption is.

Reliability: A not insignificant factor for calculating the repair
costs for your new 'bird.' The level of reliability also deter-
mines whether the airline passengers reach their destina-
tions safe and sound, or whether they will have to test out
the stewardess' safety instructions on the way.

Velocity: Who would have thought it: this figure indicates how
fast your construction will fly.

Costs: This factor will probably still interest you the most. How
much is this utterly awesome, ultra-cool aircraft going to
cost. That much? Oh, then you'd better have the other fuse-
lage after all.

Warning indicators: "Aircraft Constructor" warns you about con-
struction errors; for example if the engines selected are not
capable of moving the aircraft forward.

Digital Drawing Board(3): In this window you can watch your

con-struction slowly take shape.

Is your construction finished? Great. Then save it and go talk to Mr

Balderdash. Because your construction will now also appear in his

supply list.

Aircraft Constructor Chapter 12-

The Internet

The final frontier ... well sort of.

Mr Balderdash offers yet another service- and it's totally free (Please
note connection charges could be incurred from your Internet pro-
vider).

On his Internet exchange you can publish, rate and download air-
craft designs. You'll find this service at http://www.spellbound.de.
You can get more detailed information about the Internet functions
of Airline Tycoon Evolution in Chapter 1 5 -The Network Game

During the game you will find the status bar at the bottom edge of
the screen.

On the left-hand side of the status bar, you will always see the logo
for your airline. If you click on it with the mouse, the statistics
screen will open. The statistics screen is described in more detail in
the next chapter.

Tip:

This also applies in con-
junction with the clocY.

symbol.

Directly next to the logo is a clock symbol ^ and a dollar sign |J.
If you click once on the clock, time is speeded up, and if you right-
click on it, it will be slowed down again. This also works with the +
and - keys.

You can also click on the date and time displays to the right. Simply
hold the mouse button down to accelerate the time as much as is
required.

As soon as you click on the dollar sign or your balance next to it,
you will receive in return a detailed bank statement showing the
latest transactions.

On the right-hand side of the status bar, there are two symbols.
Clicking once on the jg bottom symbol takes you to the main
menu. With the button above, the latest info text is displayed
again.

Items

On the right half of the status bar you will see six empty fields to
begin with. As soon as you buy something or find something in the
rooms, these fields will be occupied by the symbols for the items.

Some items, such as the notebook or the mobile phone, can be
used anytime by simply clicking on the corresponding symbol.
Other items are at suitable only for giving away as presents.

You can carry a maximum of six items at any one time. Items that
are no longer needed can easily be put aside by right-clicking with
the mouse.

Statistics chapter I?

In Airline Tycoon, we have tried wherever possible to get by with
only a few columns of figures. Unfortunately, it does not work with
none at all. As compensation, you will get lots of information about
your airline, whether you are on your way to the top or about to go
bankrupt.

You will also get informative statistics on your competitors that you
can compare directly with those of your own airline.

Expenditure

V'Rent

^Maintenance

V' Penalties
^Miscellaneous

- 21.898 %
- 78.875 $
- 288.588 $
- 3.278 $

0 *

- 28.888 $
- 484.543 $

— 42.832 $
- 82.628 $
0 %
- 3.288 $
- 52.588 $
- 28.888 $
- 281.152 $

- 37.547 $
- 99.828 $
- 282.865 $
- 3.288 $
8 $

- 28.888 $
- 362.728 $

Statistics

At 2, you will see the number of days spent in the current game.
Below that, at 3, you will see a description of the values that are dis-
played to the right for all four players. The values are put into cate-
gories - in our example, the Income group. Total Income then
shows the sum total of all values in the Income group. You can
influence which values are used for the Total Income yourself. As
soon as you click on a description - for example, Routes - the red
tick appears and disappears. Thus, the items marked with a red tick
will be added.

With 4 5 6, you can switch between views of different values and,
with 1, change to the diagram view.

Ti P : _ 2

You can also diet: on a
group description. Just
try it...

You could also try the
shift Key.

ZbapUr \4 Statistics

The Diagram View

Hint:

Months always have 30
days in Airline Tycoon
regardless of what your
personal calendar says!

In this view, the values are represented as line graphs. Using button
3 , you then have the option of cutting out any players you like.

The diagram view has the distinct advantage of letting you see not
only the current values but also time periods. You can change the
scale with the 1 and 2 buttons. The smallest period is 7 days (you
will then see the values for the last seven rounds of the current
game), then 1 4 days followed by 1 , 3, 6 and 1 2 months.

Button 4 (or a right mouse click) will bring you back to the actual
game.

Playing on a Network Chapter /5

With Airline Tycoon's network capabilities it is possible to play
simultaneously with up to four computers linked on a network.

For this, any kind of network connection can be used that supports
Windows. We recommend a direct TCP/IP or IPX connection (in this
order), as these network protocols provide the best conditions.

The network game offers many new variations. In addition to the
normal course of the game, it is possible to chat (this means, sen-
ding small messages), play in a special sabotage mode, transfer
money to another player and much more.

This chapter will firstly describe how to start a network game and
then the various possibilities that a network game offers.

Tip:

F-efer to four Windows
documentation on how to
install network: protocols.

Starting a Network &t ame (Came Master)

A network game is always made up of a so-called server (game
Master) and one or more clients (the participants). Firstly, the game
leader (server) must start a new game, the participants (clients) can
then take part in this game.

First, the game leader should run Airline Tycoon and select the
"Network Game" option from the main menu. In the following dia-
log, the game leader must choose a protocol.

After selecting a particular protocol (serial connection, modem,
TPC/IP), an input screen appears requiring you to enter certain
necessary parameters. For example,

with a modem connection, you need to enter a telephone number.
If you select TCP/IP, you can simply click OK to use the specified IP
address.

Hint:

All players must use the
same protocol otherwise,
they cannot taKe part in
the same game!

Chapter /5 Playing on a Network

In the upper half of the next screen, you will see a list of available
sessions (games). Because you are the game leader, this must state
"No Sessions". You then have the opportunity to begin a new game
by clicking on the "Begin New Game..." entry. With the entry "Start
New Session from Saved Games", you can continue with a pre-
viously saved network game.

In the next dialog, as in the normal game,
you can pick an airline and enter a new player
name. Choose your player name wisely - your fellow
players have to live with it...

Click on the entry "Start New Session..." to access
the next screen. In this one, you can give your
game a name by typing over the existing
text "New Session". In addition, you can
choose whether or not cheat codes can
be used in this network game. If you
select this option, each player can use
cheat codes (as long as they know
them, but you would not want to be
unfair now - or would you?).

In this screen, you need to wait until all the other players (there must
be at least one) have chosen a character. You will then see that the
corresponding airline logos will appear as if by magic. After a few
seconds have elapsed any player making an entry, you can begin the
game by clicking on "Continue". The match begins...

Taking ?art in a Network Carrie (Players)

If you wish to take part in a network game started by the game lea-
der, do the following. Once the game has begun, select the
"Network Game" option from the main menu. In the subsequent
dialog, you need to choose the protocol. For choosing the correct
protocol, please read the previous section.

After choosing the protocol, you will come to the session screen.
Providing you are using the correct protocol and the game leader
has already started a game, you will see one or more game names
in the upper part of the screen. Choose one of these entries to take
part in that game.

In the next screen you can choose your airline and a player name
(almost) as usual. However, you cannot pick an airline that has alre-
ady been chosen by another player.

As soon as all players have selected their airlines, the game leader
can start the network game...

Playing on a Network Chapter 15

Loading and Saving Network Carnes

Network games can be saved as usual. However, if any player acti-
vates the Save option, the game will be saved on all the computers
taking part in that game.

To load a game, follow the previously described procedure for "Start
a Network Game" and "Take Part in a Network Game". The differen-
ce is that the game leader and the other players must choose the
"Start New Session from Saved Games" option in the "Sessions" dia-
log in order to load an existing game.

Chat Mode

In network mode, the players can take part in so-called "Chat".
Chatting means that one player enters text into a dialog box
which one or more players can then read on their screens imme-
diately. Of course, you can easily open your mouth and
actually say something, but then you cannot irritate the
other players quite so well! Apart from that, you should be
playing and not holding conversations...

Quick Chat

Simply press the "Return" Key to enter the chat mode. Choose
the player you like to talk to by clicking his picture in the following
screen. You may also exclude a particular Player by clicking his
image. Then enter the desired text and click OK or press the return
key. The text will soon appear on your opponent's screen.

Tip:

Money that has been
transferred cannot be
retrieved. You should
therefore consider in
advance whether the rist:
is really worth it...

Telephone Chat (transfer money)

To activate this mode, you need to telephone the desired chat part-
ner in the game. Once he has accepted the tele-
phone call, you can invite him for a chat on the
telephone. Obviously, the player you call is per-
fectly entitled to refuse the chat.

The difference to quick chat is that you can only
chat with one partner at any one time. However,
the advantage of telephone chat lies in the fact
that you can transfer money to another player. For that, you simply
enter an amount and click on the Transfer Money option. In the blink
of an eye, the money disappears from your account and is credited
to your fellow player. Of course, you can only transfer as much
money as you actually possess.

Sabotage in Network Mode

Particular to the network mode, there are possibilities for sabotage
that are not available in a single game. To activate these, you
should find and collect as many items as possible.

We do not want to give too much away at this stage, other than to
say: annoying your opponents makes for devilish good fun...

Internet functions

Aircraft Exchange

Airline Tycoon Evolution gives you the opportunity to exchange and
rate your own constructions on the Internet through the official
Airline Tycoon site. Of course, you will need a functioning Internet
connection to be able to use this option. The service is free, though
connection costs could be incurred. You will find the exchange at
http://www.spellbound.de as well as instructions for exporting the
aircraft from the game and importing new aircraft from the
Internet.

High Score List

OK, on your PC you may have the monopoly as airline tycoon, with
no other tycoons around. But what about worldwide? Just enter
your high score in our "World Rankings" list and see at a glance how
well you have really mastered the game of airways and routes, You
will find "World Rankings" at: http://www.spellbound.de . The

instructions for how to enter your personal high score there can
also be found on our website.

(fiO

With the help of various options. Airline Tycoon can be customised
to meet your requirements. To access the options screen, use the
button 0 at the bottom right of the status bar.

In the very last line you will see the text "Version 1 .78". This number
will increase with an update so you will always know which version
of Airline Tycoon you are playing.

All entries with three stops at the end lead to a new menu which is
described below.

Graphics...

In the graphics menu, you can switch graphics details on or off to
suit Airline Tycoon optimally to the speed of your computer. If the
airport seems very sluggish on your computer (slow scrolling, pas-
sengers move around very slowly), you should first switch off the
Transparency, Planes and Scrolling options.

Planes on/off: With this you can switch planes off on the runway.

Passengers: Passengers in the airport will no longer be shown.

Blending: The blending effect when changing to another screen is
turned off.

Thoughts: The thought bubbles for passengers and competitors
will no longer be displayed.

Chapter \li> Options

Scrolling: If this option is disabled, the airport will no longer move
(scroll) but the views will change as soon as your player character
stands on the edge.

Transparency: Certain graphics such as, for example, banisters or
barriers will no longer be displayed transparently.

Shadows: The shadows of people will no longer be displayed.

Sound...

Midi Music: With this option you can switch background music on
and off.

Random Music: When the "Random Music" option is enabled, all
the tracks will be played one after the other. The "Next Track" option
lets you skip a track at any time. By clicking on this option you can
choose various music styles.

Next Track: see previous option.

Digi Sound: With this option you can enable and disable the out-
put of sound effects and speech.

Ambience: This enables you to alter the volume of the ambience
in the airport.

Announcements: This option controls the volume of the loud-
speaker announcements in the airport.

Speech Output: The volume of speech output in the rooms. As
soon as the volume is set to 0, speech bubbles (dialogs) will auto-
matically be shown.

Effects: The effect volume control.

Planes: With this the volume of the plane noise can be altered.

Other. ..

Assistant: You can disable the help of your assistant once you
think you can do without her.

Advisor: The advisor will no longer be shown and cannot therefo-
re give you any more tips.

Autosave: If this option is enabled, the game will automatically be
saved at 17.00 (game time).

Fax: This will stop fax announcements from being displayed.

Real Names: Airport abbreviations are internationally established
and do not always correspond to what you would expect them to
be. Thus, Rome is officially abbreviated as FCO. If you enable this
option, abbreviations that are somewhat clearer will be used.

Speech Bubbles: Speech bubbles will be shown even if you have
enabled speech output.

Summary: This option switches off the briefing screen shown
before the morning conference in Mr Uhrig's office.

Load Game...

In this menu you can reload a previously saved point in the game.
For this, simply click on the entry.

Automatically saved games appear in the lowest entries and are
named "Auto. Saved".

Save Game...

You can save a game at any point by clicking on one of the 1 1 avai-
lable slots, entering a name and then clicking OK at the bottom
right. The saved games can be overwritten with new saved games.

The twelfth slot is reserved for the automatically saved game and is
not visible here.

Regarding the following problem descriptions and suggested solu-
tions, we do not want to put all the blame on faulty or badly instal-
led drivers; however, experience has shown us that in most cases
out of date or faulty drivers or incorrect configurations are the cau-
ses of program errors. We therefore want to eliminate the known
possible sources of the error first.

The most frequent problems in DirectX games are caused by sound
and graphics card drivers. If these are out of date or faulty, the pro-
gram will usually end without warning, and you will find yourself
back at the Windows desktop. These errors usually occur sporadi-
cally and cannot be easily explained. In this case, always obtain the
latest drivers from the manufacturers of your sound and graphics
cards first. You can usually find out on the Internet or by telephone
from the manufacturer concerned where and how to obtain these.

Sometimes other programs that, at first glance, appear to have
nothing to do with Airline Tycoon are involved in programme cras-
hes. In the event of problems, we strongly recommend that you
first close all programs before playing Airline Tycoon (this also goes
for the Office start bar!).

In rare cases, faulty hardware or resource conflicts can also lead to
errors.

Below, you will find an extract of the most frequent errors and a
suggested solution. If all efforts fail to help, you should read the
Feedback Tool section.

The screen stays dark when Airline Tycoon
starts

First of all, check that you have installed DirectX correctly. If in
doubt, install DirectX again from scratch. The DirectX installation
program occasionally asks if it should replace certain drivers. You
should confirm these questions, certainly on the second attempt.
Otherwise, the drivers will not be replaced.

Another possibility is to manually enable the desired screen resolu-
tion initially. Airline Tycoon uses a 640x480 resolution and high
colour (16 Bit). For details of how to change the resolution, please
refer to your Windows documentation.

Airline Tycoon crashes immediately when
run

Ensure that your hard disk (normally C:\) has adequate space avai-
lable (20-30 Mb - however, this depends on the main memory) to
store the temporary files. Therefore, the less main memory, the
more hard disk space needs to be available.

Possibly, DirectX is incorrectly installed or not installed at all. Install
DirectX again by going to the DirectX directory on the Airline
Tycoon CD and running the file DXSETUP.EXE. In either case, you
should restart your computer afterwards.

(*4 If you occasionally also have problems with other games, we

recommend that you completely reinstall Windows. It is not suffi-
cient, however, to overwrite the old version. You must first remove

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the previous version and then reinstall Windows. Before doing this,
you must always perform a data backup as otherwise, important files
may be irretrievably lost.

Airline Tycoon crashes during the game

If the crashes occur periodically, faulty drivers are probably the cause.

First of all, obtain the latest DirectX compatible drivers for your
sound and graphics cards. You will usually find these on the Internet
on the site for the relevant manufacturer of your graphics or sound
card.

Close all programs running in the background before starting Airline
Tycoon. This also applies to toolbars, such as the "Office Shortcut
Bar". If you still experience periodic errors, you should switch off all
sound effects as a test and attempt a test game. For how to turn off
the digital sound, see the section the configuration tool below. If
Airline Tycoon runs properly without sound effects, it is more than
likely that you do not have the latest driver installed for your sound
card. Particularly for owners of an AWE 64, we strongly recommend
that you install the latest driver (http://www.creativelabs.com).

You can get the latest information and trouble-shooting sections on
our web site http://www.spellbound.de

I do not hear any music

For playing the background music, Airline Tycoon uses the Windows
MIDI output. If you do not hear any background music, you should
first check the volume settings in Airline Tycoon and your loudspea-
kers (refer to the the configuration tool section for more informa-
tion). Next, you should check whether the Windows MIDI output is
functioning normally under Windows. For this, simply double-click
on a MIDI file, e.g. the file Swing. mid in the DATA\SOUND directory
on the Airline Tycoon CD.

If you cannot play the file or you do not hear anything, your MIDI
output is incorrectly configured and you should reinstall your sound
card driver. Note: after installing the sound card, you need to rerun
the DirectX installation.

I do not hear any sound effects

First check whether the volume controls in Airline Tycoon are cor-
rectly set (refer to the Options section for more information).

Remember to check your loudspeakers.

If the error continues, you should restart Windows. When Windows

starts up you should hear a short jingle. If you cannot hear this, then

you should reinstall your sound card. Note, after installing the sound V7

card, you need to rerun the DirectX installation.

The mouse cursor does not move properly,
is jerky or is not visible

This may occur if you have installed an out of date or faulty graphics
card driver. You should obtain the latest version from your dealer or
the card manufacturer and install this. Do not forget that, after-
wards, you will need to rerun the DirectX installation and restart
Windows.

If this does not work, you can use the original Windows mouse cur-
sor. Refer to the section on the configuration tool below for more
information on how this works.

TCCWNIC AL SUPPORT

If you encounter problems during the installation of, or whilst play-
ing your game, please follow the directions below to obtain help:

Online help

www.montecristogames.com

Go to the SUPPORT section where we have put together the princi-
pal problems encountered along with their solutions.

Direct help:

If you would like to obtain help on a specific problem, you can con-
tact us :

- by phone - +33 1 40 39 12 31 from 9am to 6pm, Monday to
Friday.

- by email support@montecristogames.com

Before contacting technical support, please have ready the following:

the configuration of your PC (RAM, MHz, Video and Sound
Cards).

a detailed description of the problem (error message, at what
moment the problem arrives).

a pen and paper in order to take any necessary notes,
an immediate access to your PC (support will be quicker and
more efficient if you are guided through step by step).

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Configuration tool

Use the configuration tool to turn on or off game related elements
like sound, voices or the windows mouse cursor. You'll srart the tool
when you click "start -> Airline Tycoon Evolution -> special options"

This tool allows you to simply identify and deal with possible sour-
ces of error and causes for system crashes. Please note that any new
setting will be available only after you restart Airline Tycoon
Evolution.

G>7

Chapter i& Credits

Producers

Design and Idea

Project Manager
Programming
Additional Programming

Graphics

Additional Graphics

3D Sequences

Music and FX

Recording Studio
Voices

Quality Assurance

Armin Gessert
Jean-Marc Haessig

Thomas Holz
Robert Kleinert

Andreas Speer

Thomas Holz

Stephane Becker
Stephan Bergmann
Armin Gessert
Ulrich Mohr

Jean-Marc Haessig
Serge Mandon
Fabrice Weiss

Marc Hasenbeck
Bernd Seger
Andras Kavalecz
Izabelle Gadblet
Fanny Buecher

Jean-Marc Haessig
Serge Mandon
Eric Urocki

Michael Anarp
Robert Kleinert

TI:ME:CO:DE

Gerd Andresen
Mathias Bruggemann
Heike Buggentin
Hubertus Gertzen
Markus Hoffmann
Simone Lehde
Martin Magestro
Susanne Skrobarczyk
Andreas Szerda
Ronald Spiess
Patrick Linke
Peter Hilton Fliegel

Stefan Bergmann
Marcus Bourguet
Sebastian Gingter

(

Credits chapter /£

Jochen Gessert
Myriam Haessig
Nick Klumpp
Paul Klumpp
Alexander Schafer
Jean-Michel Stenger

Manual Text

Armin Gessert
Mischa Strecker

Manual and Packaging

Jean-Marc Haessig
Mischa Strecker

Monte Cristo

Production:

Jean-Christophe Marquis
Jean-Marc de Fety
Pascal Hery
Aymerick Despres

Marketing & sales team:

James Rebours
Claire de La Ruelle
Virginie Dausse
Stephanie Grasset
Julia Legner
James Glover
Alain Andre
Jerome Duffau
Anna Herslow
Matthew Edwards

Special Thanks to:

Bernhard Ewers
Thomas Friedmann
Claudia Katte
Andreas Korber

Karsten "Chuck the plant" Lasaar

Catherine Mastio

Pierre Moog

Herbert Peters

Denis Roudot and his Team

Manfred "Mahlzeit" Soil

Susanne Wessely

Stefan Wessely

Markus Windelen

Fanny Zullo

Zobi die Fliege

You an get further information about Airline Tycoon on the homepage
http:// www. spellbound. de. or by email: airline&spellbound. de.

A ppendix

Plane Specifications

Airbus Industrie A 300

Passengers: 375

Cargo (t): 37

Crew: 2

Service: 5

Speed (km/h): 875

Range (km): 8 000

Tank (I): 29 700

Consumption (l/h): 2 983

Airbus Industrie A 310

Boeing

767-300 ER

Passengers:

290

Cargo (t):

Crew:

Service:

Speed (km/h):

1 012

Range (km):

9 940

Tank (1):

20 000

Consumption (l/h): .

2 800

Boeing

707-320C

Passengers: 250

Cargo (t): 25

Crew: 2

Service: 4

Speed (km/h): 900

Range (km): 7 350

Tank (I): 24 210

Consumption (l/h): 2 850

Airbus Industrie A 320

Passengers: 189

Cargo (t): 18

Crew: 3

Service: 4

Speed (km/h): 975

Range (km): 5 840

Tank (I): 92 250

Consumption (l/h): 15 345

Boeing 720

Passengers: 149

Cargo (t): 14

Crew: 2

Service: 3

Speed (km/h): 853

Range (km): 3717

Tank (I): 23 870

Consumption (l/h): 3 025

BAC AerospatialeConcorde

Passengers: 165

Cargo (t): 16

Crew: 3

Service: 3

Speed (km/h): 965

Range (km): 6 835

Tank (I): 79 925

Consumption (l/h): 11 000

Boeing 727-200

Passengers: 100

Cargo (t): 10

Crew: 3

Service: 2

Speed (km/h): 2 1 50

Range (km): 6 230

Tank (I): 119 500

Consumption (l/h): 25 629

Passengers: 189

Cargo (t): 18

Crew: 3

Service: 3

Speed (km/h): 1 000

Range (km): 4 700

Tank (I): 25 000

Consumption (l/h): 15 000

A ppendi*

Boeing 737-400

Passengers: 168

Cargo (t): 16

Crew: 2

Service: 3

Speed (km/h): 815

Range (km): 3 870

Tank (I): 20 800

Consumption (l/h): 3 050

Boeing 737-800

Passengers: 189

Cargo (t): 18

Crew: 2

Service: 3

Speed (km/h): 815

Range (km): 5 420

Tank (I): 26 020

Consumption (l/h): 3 050

Boeing 747-100

Passengers: 370

Cargo (t): 37

Crew: 3

Service: 5

Speed (km/h): 917

Range (km): 7 1 63

Tank (I): 178 700

Consumption (l/h): 13 862

Boeing 747-400

Passengers: 420

Cargo (t): 42

Crew: 3

Service: 5

Speed (km/h): 927

Range (km): 13 490

Tank (I): 216 840

Consumption (l/h): 12 788

Boeing 747-400 Domestic

Passengers: 568

Cargo (t): 56

Crew: 2

Service: 6

Speed (km/h): 927

Range (km): 3 1 85

Tank (I): 204 350

Consumption (l/h): 12 788

Boeing 757-300

Passengers: 240

Cargo (t): 24

Crew: 2

Service: 5

Speed (km/h): 890

Range (km): 6 455

Tank (I): 43 490

Consumption (l/h): 4 194

Boeing 777-300

Passengers: 550

Cargo (t): 55

Crew: 2

Service: 6

Speed (km/h): 911

Range (km): 10 370

Tank (I): 171 170

Consumption (l/h): 8 290

Grumman Engineering
Corp. Gulfstream II

Passengers: 15

Cargo (t): 1

Crew: 2

Service: 1

Speed (km/h): 950

Range (km): 6 000

Tank (I): 12 000

Consumption (l/h): 1 800

De Havilland CanadaDHC 8
Dash 8

Passengers: 40

Cargo (t): 4

Crew: 2

Service: 1

Speed (km/h): 555

Range (km): 2 1 50

Tank (I): 7 000

Consumption (l/h): 1 800

Ilyushin Soviet Union II 62

Passengers: 198

Cargo (t): 19

Crew: 3

Service: 3

Speed (km/h): 880

Range (km): 9 200

Tank (I): 110 000

Appendix

Consumption (l/h): 10 500 McDonnell Douglas DC 10

Ilyushin Soviet Union II 86

Passengers: 380

Cargo (t): 38

Crew: 2

Service: 5

Speed (km/h): 950

Range (km): 4 950

Tank (1): 53 000

Consumption (l/h): 9 800

LockheedL-1101 Tristar 500

Passengers:

. . . 300

Cargo (t):

Crew:

Service:

Speed (km/h):

. . . 800

Range (km):

. . 7 000

Tank (1):

. 80 000

Consumption (l/h): .

. . 9 100

Lockheed

C5A Galaxy

Passengers:

. . . 345

Cargo (t):

. ... 34

Crew:

Service:

Speed (km/h):

. . . 919

Range (km):

. . 6 000

Tank (1):

. . 9 000

Consumption (l/h):. .

. 14 000

McDonnell Douglas
Super 70

DC 8

Passengers: 259

Cargo (t): 25

Crew: 3

Service: 5

Speed (km/h): 932

Range (km): 12 600

Tank (I): 115 000

Consumption (l/h): 14 000

Passengers: 380

Cargo (t): 38

Crew: 3

Service: 5

Speed (km/h): 965

Range (km): 9 252

Tank (I): 138 730

Consumption (l/h): 9 376

McDonnell Douglas MD 81

Passengers: 172

Cargo (t): 17

Crew: 2

Service: 2

Speed (km/h): 950

Range (km): 2 900

Tank (I): 10 000

Consumption (l/h): 3 000

NxT LvL Engineering Space
Voyager 2000

Passengers: 90

Cargo (t): 9

Crew: 4

Service: 4

Speed (km/h): 5 000

Range (km): 15 000

Tank (I): 370 000

Consumption (l/h): 125 000

Tupolev Tu 154 B

Passengers: 180

Cargo (t): 18

Crew: 2

Service: 3

Speed (km/h): 900

Range (km): 3 000

Tank (I): 32 500

Consumption (l/h): 9 600

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